Bjorn Borg vs John McEnroe RR Volvo Masters 1980

[@gooddognigel9992]

Borg moved gracefully and stealthily - like a panther - on the court

[@speedoflite1xspeedoflite1]

Like a superhuman - especially on grass & clay courts. Borg uncoiled his powerful forehand/two-fisted back hand topspin groundstrokes, that totally revolutionized the game of tennis forever.

[@hendrik19601]

elegant he never was

[@olasandberg6146]

Borg var så fantastisk bra 1977-80, så det är nästan overkligt❤

[@cortomaltesse17]

Merci pour vos partages! j'adore le tennis de cette époque

[@jean-lucbereda1155]

J'ai vu jouer les 2 joueurs en VRAI a la fin des 80's Mac a Toulouse et Bjorn a Tarbes. On n'imagine pas la vitesse de deplacement de Bjorn Borg. Mac est impressionnant sur la prise de balle tot et l'impulsion vers l'avant (meme au service il plonge dans le court) a mon avis Sampras a bien appris de lui. Mais je vous jure je n'ai jamais vu un type aussi veloce et rapide que Borg meme a ce jour. On avait l'impression qu'il etait plusieurs et il se payait le luxe de toucher la balle dans des courses a 3-4 m du fond dans de veritables sprints lateraux sa prise de balle a 35 kg faisait un ping tres special il cassait souvent des boyaux. Il y a un vieux match contre Rod Laver en 1977 sur Clay aux US ou Rod regarde Borg comme s'il etait un martien. Borg etait capable de rattraper un lob lifte et de revenir dans le jeu et meme de finir au filet. Le public n'en croyait pas ses yeux. Pour moi meme si Nadal et Federer etc sont de loin les plus titres mais c'etait il y a longtemps, Borg reste The King forever The Viking. Mac quand a lui avait un don que Borg n'avait pas, il pouvait transformer une catastrophe au filet - une approche approximative un bois un truc trop court - en point gagnant. Mac faisait beaucoup ce que fait Federer , sa prise de balle tot et ses angles improbables mettaient une pression d'enfer sur le mec en face qui n'etait jamais dans sa zone de confort... Borg et Mac, John et Bjorn etaient les vraies stars, leurs matches etaient toujours des anthologies.

[@russellfrancis6294]

None of these sports in their contemporary incarnations are very entertaining anymore.

[@hubertleprieur501]

Belle rencontre et beau "dialogue" de plus entre deux styles si complémentaires, qui obligent Borg et Mac à être respectivement au top sur leurs points forts ! Je ne m'en lasserai jamais !!

[@bpw8139]

Thanks for posting this. Great memories. Especially of the first time I saw Borg argue.

[@thecurbsidechoir8783]

incredibly classic match. it was slightly before my time, but Borg-Mac is so classic.

[@memoir4you]

Phew ! I'm glad Borg won that. What an awful moment in that tiebreak to have penalty points awarded against him to McEnroe. I'd have been furious! The umpire clearly made a mistake in calling that forehand passing shot out .

[@rrfamig]

Most fans don’t realize that borg came to the net more often than today’s baseliners

[@speedoflite1]

Borg literally revolutionized the game like no other.

[@michaelbarlow6610]

@speedoflite1. And Vilas as well because both he and Borg introduced the heavy topspin style from the baseline! Before they came onto the men's pro tour (Vilas 4 years earlier- in 1969 - than Borg in 1973), players hit the ball flat or with moderate topspin on the forehand and mostly underspin on the backhand.

[@speedoflite1]

@@michaelbarlow6610 Vilas had the game, but hardly anyone remembers his name. Kudos to you!

[@michaelbarlow6610]

@@speedoflite1 .All true tennis fans remember Guillermo Vilas!!!! He won 62 career singles titles - so his career is definitely not forgotten by real, knowledgeable (and the word knowledgeable cannot be emphasized too strongly) tennis fans!

[@speedoflite1]

@@michaelbarlow6610 Never coming close to winning any one of the 4 major (Grand slam) tennis tournaments in the Open era, like Vilas, is the very definition of "forgettable." Ask Vilas.

[@exfolios]

McEnroe admitted he missed Borg after he retired. Borg was the only one who could make him look silly at the net. Borg was the only one who could elevate his game.

[@bjornborg056]

Borg never made McEnroe silly at the net. I'm a massive Borg fan and I wish that was true but it never happened.

[@aleksthegreat4130]

Well,Connors and Lendl also gave John a lot of troubles

[@doutrea.e.992]

Un grand merci pour ce match...!

[@uncletony6210]

Looks like John ate very well during the holidays. Also, this was his last event with the Kramer.

[@timleelim9930]

I wonder if Borg's dad had named him Cyrus, he'd have played under the name Cy Borg 😊

[@hemattheij9694]

Only Federer has been so brilliant after this

[@SadisticRyoBand]

これは最近の放送ですか？ 藤吉、渡辺の放送は味がある。

[@AMU638]

この二人で最近も放送してたんですかね？ 今の選手の名前が出てくるのでビックリしました。

[@americanpatriot7233]

at 1:29:34 mcenroe giving away a point to borg on purpose because he knew that serve was good and the umpire overruled and called it out, this umpire seemed to have a vendetta against borg, he probably cost borg winning this match in straight sets, in the 2nd set tie break with his overule that should have given borg the 4-3 lead in the tiebreak

[@usaslakt]

Hai!

[@miguel6440]

Première fois que Borg contestait un point. Il n'avait pas digéré la faute d'arbitrage flagrante au 5ième set face à Mac a l'USO.

[@tomloft2000]

topspin in Japanese= topspin.😊

[@robjones8115]

A Tribute to Tony Trabert ....

[@marcel6972]

Neither Borg nor McEnroe offered a handshake to chair umpire after the match was completed. Imagine one of the Williams sisters , Coco Gauff , or Naomi Osaka doing that today ? I'm sure the curmudgeonly stalwart " keep tennis the way it was," tennis fan fringe would be really riled up.

[@albertpolohindang1455]

Borg is the best that time

[@zeddeka]

Borg's argument here was an indication I think of how much McEnroe had started to get into his head.

[@openlotus9558]

No. Borg argued because he felt he was robbed of the US Open a few months earlier vs McEnroe on a bad line call at 3 all in the 5th set. It cost him a chance at the Grand Slam. He was still thinking about it 3 months later at the Masters. Also a sign that Borg was beginning to fall out of love with tennis.

[@JD-jc8gp]

@@openlotus9558 And Borg was falling out of love with tennis for a long time before the 1980 US Open. There's documentary footage of Borg in autumn 1978 where he looks very weary and tired of traveling. After winning the 1979 Wimbledon, he said he was tired of touring. Borg also said something interesting later about his state of mind after winning the 1980 Wimbledon, saying he was relieved right after the final match that he didn't have to play anymore. So even when he was winning he was feeling burned out. Borg also hinted on numerous occasions that if he had won the grand slam in 1980 he would have retired right there, so he must have really pushed himself to continue playing until early 1983.

[@Picus13]

From the end of 1979 to the Masters at 81 Borg record against Mac was 5-1, after that Borg had already lost interest in Tennis, he only played 9 tournaments in 1981, he didn’t care about Mac or anything related with Tennis.

[@GasmanChris5705]

Wish the commentators would pipe down

[@AmurTiger-vm5dy]

Mc enroe was more strong than Borg !! HERE He loosed because played bad the tie-break !

[@hervezg3863]

Maybe ... but Borg also made a lot of unforced errors ! He was often very tense and did not play at his best level when he met Mc Enroe 😉

[@vdv3009]

Assolutamente insopportabile il comportamento di John Mc Enroe! 👎😡 Al giorno d'oggi, grazie alla tecnologia, i suoi capricci tennistici sarebbero durati solo 1 secondo!